At an age when most professionals are off playing golf on a Florida course, many musicians just don’t know the meaning of the word “retire." And that’s a good thing. Take eighty year-old bassist Percy ...
The last time I heard saxophonist Lee Konitz, at Constellation in 2015, he was defying expectations, just as he had done throughout his musical life. Sharing the spotlight with a musician less than ...
Starting with his association with Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz proved to be a curious and creative player who over time has pursued some interesting musical ideas quite successfully. A few years after ...
Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz saxophonist and last surviving performer on Miles Davis’ 'Birth of the Cool' sessions, has died. He was 92. By Lars Brandle, Billboard Lee Konitz, the celebrated jazz ...
Konitz was devoted to improvisation and played on more than 100 albums over a seven-decade career, including the historic sessions that became... Lee Konitz, Prolific And Influential Jazz Saxophonist, ...
The superlative saxophonist Lee Konitz, one of the last surviving greats rooted in the bebop era, the jazz golden age of the mid-1940s through the early 1950s, died in New York City of pneumonia ...
Lee Konitz, the prolific jazz saxophonist who maintained a singular style and devotion to improvisation throughout a career that stretched more than 70 years, died on Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital ...
Lee Konitz, the prolific jazz saxophonist who maintained a singular style and devotion to improvisation throughout a career that stretched more than 70 years, died on Wednesday at Lenox Hill Hospital ...